Samuel



SI D I Heating Stove. Nb. 97,7s2. Patented Dec 7,1869;

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N. PETERS, PHOTOLITHOGRAPIJERI WASHINGTONv D C.

IsAMUELJ). vosu, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

Letters Patent N 97,732, dated December 7 1869.

COAL-STOVE.

The Sbhedulreferteddto in these Letters Patent and making part of the same,

To all whom 'it may coacer n:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL I). VOSE, of the city and county of Milwaukee, in the State of W'isconsiu, have invented new and useful Improvements in Constructing Stoves; and I do hereby declare the following is a full and exact description of the same,

reference being .had .to the accompanying drawings,

and to the lettersof reference marked thereon.

The improvements I claim may be properly considered as appendages toconunon forms of construction. i

The nature of my invention consists in providing a new method to catch sparks, in providing a new mode of cleaning upright flues, and in providing a new method of securing fuel-doors.

These methods are hereafter described. Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a stove, with the several appendages shown.

Figure 2is a front view of a screen-door. Figure 3 is a plan of the ring-part of the flue, cleaned. i a

Letter A refers to the protection-door.

Letter B refers to the flue-cleaner. Letter 0 refers to the safety-button.-

Stoves with upright fines are in very general use, and forheating-purposes,especially in the use of wood fuel, are much approved, but the liability'of small pipes to clog up has been a very serious objection, and this difficulty has hitherto been obviated only by taking the pipes out and cleaning them, or by placing loose covers on the top of the flue, into a which some sort of scraper could be inserted.

. The first remedy involves taking the stove apart, .whichneeds skill and time, and is a great trouble.

In the other case, the liability of several small covers, loose on the top of a stove, to be misplaced or lost,;theliability; of so many crevices to smoke or to impair the draught, and the inconvenience of keep- ,ing and using a special scraper, and the want of finish' which such covers betray in the generalappearance of the stove, make this custom quite 0bject-ionable.

I haveovercome all these difliculties, by attaching o a metal ring, of wire or cast-iron, which just-fits the inside of the flue, a wire rod, which projects through a hole in the top of the stove, just large enough to admit'the wire, and on the upper end of which is affixed a small knob or handle.

By simply taking hold of this knob, and lifting it up, and letting it fall down again to its place, the soot and ashes are removed at once, the refuse falling through the ring, and discharging into the ash-chainber below.

This is an almost instantaneous process, is quite thorough, and can be performed at any moment, whether the fire be burning .or not.

The improvement for catching sparks is accomplished by the use of a door, made of wire, or made by using a metal frame with a wire covering.

This door is hinged in front of theregister or draught-damper, in such a way that when the-wire door is open or shut, it does not interfere with the operating of the damper.

This door may be so hung, that if desirable, it may be slipped out of the hinge and removed entirely, to be replaced when wanted.

This protection-door is hinged at E, and fastens with a catch ,at F.

The handle of the register-damper D works in a narrow slot, in the lower edge of the door.

The door does not require to be' opened, except for the removing of sparks which may accumulate, or for the purpose of igniting the fire at the front register.

Damage to carpets, and risk of fire, are wholly ohviated by this simple means.

I do not claim the'use of the wire itself, for protec tion, but simply the manner of using it.

The safety-button G is simply a small button of metal, riveted to the door-frame, capable of be-' ing turned overupon the door, and securely fastening it.

This button is not designed to be in constant use, or to supersede the ordinary turn-key, or corn mon latch.

This button has two uses, one of which is to prevent the door from opening and losing any of the contents of the stove during transportation.

The other use is the safeguard it affords against the opening of the fuel-door, from any accidental cause, during night, or in the absence of users during the day.

To open a fuel -door, when hot, with facility, and to have the door fit the opening snugly, only a small drop for the'latch is practicable; or, if a turn-key be used, by constant turning, it soon becomes liableto turn wholly round, or springs, or bends, and becomes partially or wholly inoperative, so that-wood,'fitlling asunder, or a jar on the floor, will often cause the door to fly open, which is a dangerous evil.

This button, riveted so as to make three-fourths of a revolution, when turned over, and resting on a.

small ledge or stop, effectually does away with the.

evil spoken of.

' I do .notclaim any new device inthis'button, used by itself, or in the ordinary way of buttoning-damp- What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is herewithset forth:

1. The local ring-scraper, for cieaningthe upright 3. The combination of a safety-button, 0, when flues of stoves, when constructed and operated subused in connection with a separate latch or turn-key,

stan'tiaily as herein set forth and described. for the purposes of safety, as above described.

2. The combination of a. wire shield or door, A, SAMUEL D. VOSE. with a draught-register, when said dooris constructed Witnesses: and affixed as above described, and for the purpose of .IAS. N. ADAMS, catching sparks. \VM. G. ROGERS. 

